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13 August, 2017 04:39:00 PM

Senior Afghan IS members killed in US air strike

Independent Online Desk

Several senior Islamic State group members in Afghanistan including a provincial leader have been killed in a United States air strike, an official said Sunday.

General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said Thursday's strike killed Abdul Rahman, who he claimed was a provincial leader in IS's Afghanistan branch, known as IS-Khorasan Province (IS-K).

Rahman's death comes a month after US forces killed Abu Sayed, the head of IS-K. That marked the third time in a year that the affiliate had lost its leader.

"The death of Abdul Rahman deals yet another blow to the senior leadership of ISIS-K," Nicholson said in a statement.

"He found out just like those before him that there are no safe havens in Afghanistan.

We will hunt them down until they are no longer a threat to the Afghan people and the region," he added.

Nicholson said that three other senior IS-K members had been killed in the strike in Darah-Ye Pech district in the northeastern province of Kunar.

He identified Rahman as IS-K's provincial emir in Kunar and said he had been a "primary candidate" to succeed Sayed as the affiliate's leader following the latter's death, also in an air strike in Kunar, on July 11.

US forces have regularly been targeting IS fighters in Afghanistan since the insurgents gained a foothold in the east of the country in 2015.

The US says it wants to defeat them by the end of the year.

In April, the US military in Afghanistan dropped the so-called Mother Of All Bombs (MOAB) to target IS hideouts in a complex of tunnels and bunkers in eastern Nangarhar province, killing over 90 militants.

IS continues to wreak havoc in the war-torn country though. Earlier this month it claimed an attack on a mosque in Herat that killed 33 worshippers.AFP.

Senior Afghan IS members killed in US air strike

Independent Online Desk

Several senior Islamic State group membersin Afghanistanincluding a provincial leader have been killed in aUnited States air strike, an official said Sunday.
General John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, saidThursdays strike killed Abdul Rahman, who he claimed was a provincial leaderin ISs Afghanistan branch, known as IS-Khorasan Province (IS-K).
Rahmans death comes a month after US forces killed Abu Sayed, the head ofIS-K. That marked the third time in a year that the affiliate had lost itsleader.
The death of Abdul Rahman deals yet another blow to the senior leadershipof ISIS-K, Nicholson said in a statement.
He found out just like those before him that there are no safe havens inAfghanistan.
We will hunt them down until they are no longer a threat to theAfghan people and the region, he added.
Nicholson said that three other senior IS-K members had been killed in thestrike in Darah-Ye Pech district in the northeastern province of Kunar.
He identified Rahman as IS-Ks provincial emir in Kunar and said he hadbeen a primary candidate to succeed Sayed as the affiliates leaderfollowing the latters death, also in an air strike in Kunar, on July 11.
US forces have regularly been targeting IS fighters in Afghanistan since the insurgents gained a foothold in the east of the country in 2015.
The US says it wants to defeat them by the end of the year.
In April, the US military in Afghanistan dropped the so-called Mother OfAll Bombs (MOAB) to target IS hideouts in a complex of tunnels and bunkers ineastern Nangarhar province, killing over 90 militants.
IS continues to wreak havoc in the war-torn country though. Earlier thismonth it claimed an attack on a mosque in Herat that killed 33 worshippers.AFP.

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